Table 1.

NDErs demographic characteristics (N = 190).

Demographics	“NDE-like” n = 50	“Real NDE” n = 140	p	“Real NDE” etiologies			p
				Anoxic n = 45	Traumatic n = 30	Other n = 65
Gender—female	25 (50%)	79 (57%)	0.43	20 (44%)	15 (50%)	44 (68%)	0.20
Age at NDE	31 ± 11	32 ± 15	0.76	35 ± 16	29 ± 11	31 ± 17	0.26
(Mean in years ± SD, range)	4–60	3–76		8–64	6–50	3–76
Time since NDE	23 ± 16	24 ± 15	0.82	20 ± 14	26 ± 11	25 ± 17	0.10
(Mean in years ± SD, range)	0.13–66	0.15–75		0.15–50	3–43	1–75